The USPS was forced to lower postage on Sunday for market dominant rates including the cost of a First Class stamp (from 49 cents to 47 cents). While most USPS shipping services used by online sellers are considered competitive and Read more
Online shoppers expect to be able to track their online orders, and marketplaces like eBay expect sellers to offer it, but it isn’t always easy to get an acceptance scan from the USPS. However, there is a way to help Read more
The US Postal Service fell short of its performance targets for a host of its mailing and shipping services last year, and on-time delivery percentages in many categories were actually worse than 2014, the agency’s regulator has found. The Postal Read more
Online sellers in the US could benefit from an ecommerce service the USPS is preparing to launch as a test next month. The US Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of its intent to conduct a Read more
Shippo integrated with USPS ePostage on Thursday, making it one of only a few public APIs for purchasing US postage online. Shippo is a multi-carrier platform that enables customers to query for shipping rates and print shipping labels. In addition Read more
Linn’s Stamp News dug into President Obama’s budget to find out what he proposed for the US Postal Service. And it did take some digging – “His ideas began on page 1330 of the appendix to the almost $4 trillion Read more
Online sellers who rely on the USPS to deliver their ecommerce orders had some changes to contend with when the Postal service rolled out a rate change on January 17, 2016. EcommerceBytes has been covering the changes closely. We asked Read more
As online shopping evolves, so does the area of ecommerce package-delivery. Postal leaders will gather near Washington DC next month to explore the “B2Me consumer empowerment phenomenon” and how it impacts the changing global postal ecosystem. In its 6th year, Read more
eBay made an interesting promise to help online sellers with several shipping problems involving Post Office window clerks. During its weekly chat with online sellers, eBay’s Jim “Griff” Griffith provided instructions on how to report two common problems sellers encounter. Read more
A congressman introduced a bill that would allow the United States Postal Service to offer basic financial services, and one aspect of the proposed legislation has the potential to impact ecommerce. Representative Cedric Richmond of Louisiana reintroduced the Providing Opportunities Read more
